Latest Environment News – Page 129

  • The AWS-III wave energy test device deployed in Scotland’s Loch Ness.
    News

    New wave energy device aims for utility scale output

    2010-05-19T17:07:00Z

    Scottish marine energy technology developer, AWS Ocean Energy, has started testing its new wave energy device in Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

  • Ship operators are beginning to give their crews bonuses based on improvements in fuel consumption and related environmental aspects.
    News

    An alternative route to greener shipping

    2010-05-19T15:18:00Z

    Current estimates indicate that shipping’s share of global CO2 emissions could increase to between 20% and 30% by 2050. With 90% of global trade carried by sea, this is an issue that cannot be sidestepped. However, commercial realities must be recognised and ‘green’ solutions with tangible commercial benefits may provide ...

  • ‘SOSRCEM’ is an evolution of ‘ARCA’, the Damen designed pollution response vessel owned by the Dutch Ministry of Transport.
    News

    Damen designs a pollution fighter for Vietnam

    2010-05-18T17:15:00Z

    Damen’s new Multi Purpose Vessel, particularly suited for oil spill response, is set to enter service in the next few weeks in Vietnam after undergoing successful sea trials. Kitted with two large sweeping arms, this is the first time an oil spill response vessel of this type has been operated ...

  • The handling of big boxships will not be impaired by the temporary offshore wind farm construction base.
    News

    New base is forerunner to planned Weser offshore port

    2010-05-18T12:34:00Z

    Part of Bremerhaven Container Terminal is being leased to wind energy firm RWE Innogy as an interim construction and assembly base for offshore wind turbines until the Weser can build an offshore port by about 2015.

  • Shallow draft workboats are in demand due to low water conditions across the location at Burbo Bank (seen here) and Barrow.
    News

    Survey contracts award for Barrow and Burbo Bank

    2010-05-17T14:05:00Z

    BOWind has awarded the survey inspection and remedial works contract for the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm export cable to subsea cable specialists, Offshore Marine Management (OMM). OMM has also been awarded the cable surveys contract for Burbo Bank by developer DONG Energy.

  • The Wave Hub which will sit on the seabed 10 miles off the Cornish coast as part of the Wave Hub project, the world's largest test site for wave energy technology. Photo by Richard Rayner, North News & Photos Ltd.
    News

    Wave Hub on course for summer deployment

    2010-05-17T12:04:00Z

    Wave Hub, the pioneering marine energy project, is on course to be deployed this summer with fabrication of sub-sea cables and the hub itself nearing completion.

  • The floating sheerlegs Rambiz prepares to deliver a wind turbine for installation from Cromarty Firth.
    News

    CFPA renews itself with offshore wind

    2010-05-17T11:11:00Z

    Handling over 150 complete wind turbines units in the last five years, the operator of one of Scotland’s premier deepwater ports, Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA), has established itself as a renewable energy centre for the import, logistics and storage of wind farm components

  • The Rapid Response Skimmer has a recovered oil capacity of 1,000 gallons.
    News

    Rapid response boat to Gulf of Mexico

    2010-05-12T12:00:00Z

    With some 210,000 gallons of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster still spilling into the Gulf of Mexico daily, Seattle USA based Kvichak Marine Industries has delivered a 30'' Rapid Response Skimmer to Environmental Safety & Health (ES&H) in Houma, Louisiana.

  • Mr Alahjane (Morocco) and Mr Al Hannini (Jordan) with Ms Marja Tiemens-
    News

    REMPEC holds regional workshop on MARPOL Implementation

    2010-05-12T10:50:00Z

    The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) organized a regional workshop recently on the implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

  • Vikoma powerpacks are a key element of oil spill response systems.
    News

    Dubai deal for expanding Vikoma

    2010-04-29T10:09:00Z

    Vikoma International Ltd has just won a half million pound contract to equip two 63m multi-role vessels for Dubai Ship Building which are ultimately bound for the United Arab Emirates Coastguard.

  • WWL cut the green house gas (GHG) emissions of its global fleet by 32% last year.
    News

    First ever GHG shipping emissions report released

    2010-04-29T10:07:00Z

    Scandinavian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has released the industry’s first ever certified GHG emissions inventory report, showing that it managed to cut its green house gas emissions by 32% last year.

  • ISU members salved more 1m tons of pollutants last year, a rise of 53% on the 2008 figure. Photo courtesy of the ISU.
    News

    ISU announces 2009 Pollution Survey results

    2010-04-28T12:18:00Z

    The International Salvage Union (ISU) has announced the results of its annual Pollution Prevention Survey for 2009, which show a significant increase in the tonnages of pollutants salved in 2009 compared with 2008, despite a drop in the number of salvage services performed by members of the ISU.

  • Scotland’s Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, Jim Mather MSP, visits the Green Ocean stand at All Energy 2009.
    News

    It’s all happening at All Energy 2010

    2010-04-06T10:08:00Z

    The scene is set for a record-breaking All-Energy 2010. The UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference is being held 19-20 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) in Aberdeen, Scotland.

  • An ambitious building programme will see Turbine Transfers Ltd with a fleet of 20 vessels by the end of 2011.
    News

    Industry answers to energy blowing in the wind

    2010-04-04T18:16:00Z

    When The Crown Estate in the UK announced in January the successful bidders for nine Zone Development Agreements to develop offshore wind farms under the Round 3 licensing arrangements, it represented a major expansion of an already fast growing maritime industry.

  • GE’s UK manufacturing facility will produce the new 4MW offshore wind turbine and future generations of GE’s offshore technology. Photo by Peter Barker
    News

    GE to invest €340m in European offshore wind

    2010-04-01T12:13:00Z

    GE announced plans last week to invest €110 million to develop offshore wind turbine manufacturing facilities and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the United Kingdom.

  • Successful bidders for the first competitive wave and tidal leasing round in the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters were announced last month.
    News

    Re-tendering for tidal energy project in Scotland

    2010-04-01T12:11:00Z

    The Crown Estate, which manages a £6bn property portfolio across the UK, announced yesterday that it is inviting expressions of interest for a tidal energy project in the Inner Sound, which lies between Caithness on the Scottish mainland and the island of Stroma.

  • The MEAP has been developed jointly by Government and industry to drive the marine energy sector forward. Photo by Peter Barker.
    News

    UK launches Marine Energy Action Plan

    2010-03-25T11:38:00Z

    Harnessing the full potential of marine energy could provide enough power for up to 15m homes and save up to 70m tons of C02 by 2050 according to the UK Government’s Marine Energy Action Plan (MEAP), which was released last week.

  • The Sheringham Shoal wind farm will generate enough power for 220,000 homes. Photo: Trude Refsahl/Statoil
    News

    Work begins on Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm site

    2010-03-18T11:51:00Z

    Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site began last week with the arrival of the 164m vessel ''Nordness''.

  • Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen tidal energy turbine is generating power in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough.
    News

    International funding powers tidal turbines

    2010-03-16T12:41:00Z

    Siemens Energy has invested in British tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd, alongside the Carbon Trust, High Tide and other private investors.

  • An artist’s impression of MPI Adventure, currently under build in China.
    News

    Wind turbine installation vessels move to the next generation

    2010-03-16T12:30:00Z

    Offshore installation company MPI, through a wholly owned subsidiary and the Danish company A2SEA, will provide two vessels for the installation of 175 turbines with a combined capacity of 630MW.